[Live-devel] StreamReplicator with FileSink problem

[Ross Finlayson]

> By examining the behavior of the replicas we were able to determine that our
> FileSink replica was being deactivated while executing
> StreamReplicator::deliverReceivedFrame(), because, when
> FramedSource::afterGetting(replica), on line 259, was called, the write error
> would occur again. Upon returning to StreamReplicator::deliverReceivedFrame(),
> the fNumActiveReplicas would have been decreased an so, the condition
> (fNumDeliveriesMadeSoFar == fNumActiveReplicas - 1 && fMasterReplica != NULL) on
> line 262 would never be met.
> 
> We applied a fix to the StreamReplicator to decrease the fNumDeliveriesMadeSoFar
> variable if the replica being deactivated was also receiving a frame.

Ugh.  I'm not thrilled by this hack, but right now I don't see a better solution, so I've gone ahead and included it in the latest release (2012.01.23) of the software.

Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/

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